"In the last seven days, at least seven players around the league have gone to their league security officers to turn in the firearms that they possessed from their homes," King said on Sunday night's broadcast. "I'm also told that one of these players who had multiple firearms told the security officer, 'I don't trust myself with these guns in the house, please take them away.'"

Our recent USA TODAY Sports cover story found that three out of four NFL players own guns, as opposed to 40% to 45% of the general population.